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Archive Current Year 2021 2020 October Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 30 October Managing Bond Portfolios Through Near-Term Volatility 30 October Outlook with Mark Phelps Mark Phelps, Chief Investment Officer—Concentrated Global Growth 28 October Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 23 October [Webinar] What COVID-19 Means for the Economic Policy Puzzle For institutional clients only 21 October Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 16 October Japan After Abe: Continuity and Change 22 October Emerging-Market Debt: Opportunity in a Volatile Environment 21 October Do US Elections Matter for Equity Investors? 19 October Global Macro Perspectives - October 2020 15 October Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 9 October 10 Active Angles on Today’s Market Challenges 13 October Why European Fixed Income Has Become More Attractive 12 October Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 2 October US Economy Still Faces a Long Path Back to Normal 8 October Global Equities: Finding Broader Paths Through Narrow Markets 5 October Crisis Dashboard: Big Data Helps Paint the Big Picture (October Update) 2 October September Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 25 September Reporting Season Q&A 22 September Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 18 September Rational Exuberance? Explaining Global Equity Market Gains 18 September Will US-China Relations Shift Under Biden? China Seems to Think So 17 November Can Multi-Asset Investors Find Lasting Recovery in Emerging Markets? 17 November Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 11 September Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 4 September The End Game: How Governments Might Tackle Debt Burdens 10 September 2020 US Election: What the Polls Could Mean for Policy and Markets 2 September Crisis Dashboard: Big Data Helps Paint the Big Picture (September Update) 1 September August Debunking the Myths of “High-Priced” Tech Stocks 31 August Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 28 August Style Tilt: Growth Surge Reshapes US Stock Market in 2020 28 August Is There Opportunity in COVID-19 Valuation Dislocations? 25 August Pushing on an Open Door: COVID-19 is Intensifying Long-term Macro Trends… Especially Debt Overhangs 24 August Diagnostics: Advancing Effective, Efficient Health Care 24 August Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 21 August Is Concentrated Investing Riskier in Today’s Uncertain Environment? 19 August The Acceleration of Electric, Sustainable Mobility 17 August Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 14 August Fintech: The Rapid Rise of Cashless Commerce 12 August Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 7 August Can Value Stocks Recover Without Help from Financials? 10 August Crisis Dashboard: Big Data Helps Paint the Big Picture (August Update) 7 August Why the market has rallied strongly since March Roy Maslen, Chief Investment Officer―Australian Equities 5 August Why the US Economy Needs More Stimulus Very Soon 5 August China’s Higher Bond Yields Buck the Global Trend 5 August Do COVID-19 Subsidies Threaten Shareholder Value? 5 August Data Science: Start with a Question 3 August July Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 31 July Capturing the Ups and Downs in Coronavirus Equity Markets 31 July The Trillion-Dollar Question: Will the Corporate Borrowing Binge Cause Lasting Damage? 28 July COVID Road Map Leads Through Rugged Terrain 29 July There’s More Than “Data” in Data Science 28 July Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 24 July Income Assets Are Down but Not Out 23 July Emerging-Market Equities: Looking Past the Pandemic 20 July Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 17 July Crisis Dashboard: Big Data Helps Paint the Big Picture (July Update) 17 July The Ripple Effect: COVID-19 and Multi-Asset Portfolio Construction 17 July US Banks Look Better than Fed Stress Tests Suggest 14 July Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 10 July Midyear Outlook: Bond Investing in the Era of Low and No Yield 9 July Lopsided Equity Rally Highlights Growing Market Risks 6 July June Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 3 July Brexit in the Coronavirus Era 2 July Unlocking REIT Potential Amid COVID-19 1 July Building a Macro Resilient Portfolio Sammy Suzuki and Kent Hargis, Co-Chief Investment Officer—Strategic Core Equities Q&A: Managing Volatility Through the COVID-19 Crisis For institutional clients only 30 June Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 26 June ESG Research Helps Reveal Resilience amid COVID-19 26 June Crisis Dashboard: Big Data Helps Paint the Big Picture (Update) 26 June Rediscovering the Potential of Downtrodden Value Stocks 25 June Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 19 June Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 12 June How Will European Government Bond Markets Navigate the New Era? 15 June Together at Home: Staying Resilient When Facing Unprecedented Challenges Sharon Fay, Co-Head of Equities and Chief Responsibility Officer 12 June The Fed Didn’t Ease More...Is That a Missed Opportunity? 11 June Are Tech Stocks the New Utilities for Investors? 10 June Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 5 June Crisis Dashboard: Big Data Helps Paint the Big Picture (Update) 5 June Can the Coronavirus Crisis Bring Positive Change to Emerging Markets? 4 June Can AT1s Survive Coronavirus? 3 June Emerging-Market Debt: Higher Quality, Higher Yield? 1 June May Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 29 May Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 27 May Inclusion Matters—Even when We’re Apart Janessa Cox-Irvin, Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion 29 May Preparing Chinese Holdings for Potential US Action 27 May Why Have Chinese Stocks Held Up So Well? 27 May Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 22 May Why Fallen Angels Can Be a Good Catch 22 May Is now a good time to own banks? 22 May Path to Normality 21 May Credit Risk-Transfer Securities: Finding the Way Forward 21 May How Will the Coronavirus Change the Role of Central Banks? 21 May Portfolio Update Managed Volatility Equities Portfolio For institutional clients only 21 May Portfolio Update Managed Volatility Equities Portfolio Excluding Global For institutional clients only 21 May Portfolio Update Concentrated Australian Equities Portfolio For institutional clients only 21 May Using Data Science to Navigate a Viral Crisis 21 May Can Smaller Stocks Recover from Coronavirus Blow? 20 May Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 19 May US Retail Innovators to Prosper in Post-Coronavirus Recovery 18 May The Market and Negative US Rates: Right Idea, Wrong Tool 18 May Crisis Dashboard: Big Data Helps Paint the Big Picture (Update) 18 May Time to concentrate on quality Mark Phelps, Chief Investment Officer—Concentrated Global Growth 16 May Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 15 May Decisions, Fast and Slow 15 May What We Can Learn from China’s Rapid Normalization 14 May Together at Home: Balancing Work and Life when Your Home Is Your Office Meg Harris, Head of Talent 14 May Asian Stocks: Value Appeal Revealed in Coronavirus Recovery 12 May Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 8 May Of Hawks and Doves—and Why Neither Is Right 8 May Do Healthcare Stocks Protect Portfolios in a Pandemic? 7 May Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 5 May Economic Update: Dimensioning the Economic Impact of COVID-19 (audiocast) Eric Winograd, Senior Economist—Fixed Income 4 May Together at Home: Fostering Virtual Creativity and Innovation in the Remote World Stuart Rae, Chief Investment Officer—Asia-Pacific Value Equities 4 May Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 1 May How to Invest in Equities When Guidance Disappears 1 May The Coronavirus Policy Wave: When Will the Bill Come Due? 1 May Crisis Dashboard: Big Data Helps Paint the Big Picture (Update) 1 May April Italian Sovereign Debt: How to Avoid Being Junked 30 April Corporate Debt: Defaults, Downgrades and Fallen Angels 30 April Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 28 April Navigating the crisis: video series Preparing for unknown unknowns with Klaus Ingemann, Co-Chief Investment Officer—Global Core Equity 29 April Navigating the crisis: video series Concentrating on quality businesses with Mark Phelps, Chief Investment Officer—Concentrated Global Growth. For institutional investors only 28 April Navigating the crisis: video series A different kind of defensive with Chris Marx, Senior Investment Strategist. For institutional investors only 28 April Managing Risk Models in the Coronavirus Crisis 27 April Coronavirus Challenges the European Project 27 April How these four funds beat the virus crash Article from the Australian Financial Review 27 April Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 24 April Crisis Dashboard: Big Data Helps Paint the Big Picture 24 April The One Question That Will Help You the Most Today 24 April What Plunging Oil Prices Mean for Energy Bonds 23 April Portfolio Update Managed Volatility Equities Portfolio For institutional clients only 22 April Portfolio Update Managed Volatility Equities Portfolio Excluding Global For institutional clients only 22 April Portfolio Update Concentrated Australian Equities Portfolio For institutional clients only 22 April Perspectives on the oil market Our Australian Equities team has put some thoughts together on the oil market. Managed Volatility Equities Concentrated Australian Equities 21 April Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 21 April Defensive Stocks Redefined in COVID-19 Sell-Off 21 April Coronavirus and the US Economy: How Big Will the Hit Be? 20 April Latest Charts 21 April Volatility Insights 21 April Global Macro Q&A 21 April Upside of less downside Webinar with Roy Maslen, CIO- Australian Equities, discussing the COVID-19 impacts on the markets and MVE. Video Recording Audio Recording Download transcript 21 April Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 17 April Latest Charts 20 April Coronavirus Market Impact Update Note: all performance is in USD 20 April Latest Charts 19 April Latest Charts 17 April Upside of less downside Webinar with Roy Maslen, CIO- Australian Equities, discussing the COVID-19 impacts on the markets and MVE. Video Recording Audio Recording Download transcript 17 April Coronavirus Crisis Adds Urgency to Sustainable Investing Agenda 16 April Fed Actions May Stabilize Global Corporate Markets 16 April Latest Charts 16 April Portfolio Update Managed Volatility Equities Portfolio For institutional clients only 16 April Portfolio Update Managed Volatility Equities Portfolio Excluding Global For institutional clients only 16 April Portfolio Update Concentrated Australian Equities Portfolio For institutional clients only 16 April Global Macro Outlook - April 2020 15 April Latest Charts 15 April Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 14 April Latest Charts 14 April Latest Charts 13 April Economic Outlook Update Eric Winograd ( audiocast and transcript) Senior Economist—Fixed Income 13 April Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 9 April Latest Charts 8 April Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 7 April Latest Charts 7 April Latest Charts 6 April Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 3 April Fixed Income Market Update Erin Bigley ( audiocast and transcript) Senior Investment Strategist—Fixed Income 6 April Economic Outlook and Equity Market Update Eric Winograd ( audiocast and transcript) Senior Economist—Fixed Income Chris Marx ( audiocast and transcript) Senior Investment Strategist—Equities 6 April Latest Charts 5 April Coronavirus Market Impact Update Note: all performance is in USD 6 April Coronavirus Shock Reshapes Global Equity Landscape 5 April Bond Investing as Coronavirus Crisis Intensifies 4 April Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 2 April Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 1 April Portfolio Update Concentrated Australian Equities Portfolio Managed Volatility Equities Portfolio For institutional clients only 2 April March Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 31 March Big Market Selloff? Stay Dynamic With Risk Positioning 31 March Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 30 March Five Investing Perspectives for the Coronavirus Crisis 30 March Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 27 March Coronavirus Market Impact Update Note: all performance is in USD 30 March Fixed Income Market Update Erin Bigley ( audiocast and transcript) Senior Investment Strategist—Fixed Income 27 March Economic Outlook and Equity Market Update Eric Winograd ( audiocast and transcript) Senior Economist—Fixed Income Chris Marx ( audiocast and transcript) Senior Investment Strategist—Equities 27 March The Key Part of the US Fiscal Relief Package? Willingness to Act 27 March When Bad News Becomes a Good Thing 27 March Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 25 March Stress Testing Companies for an Impending Recession 25 March Five Ways Policymakers Can Fight the Coronavirus 24 March Is Vietnam Ready to Fill China’s Supply Chain Gaps? 24 March Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 24 March Coronavirus Market Impact Update Note: all performance is in USD 23 March Fixed Income Market Liquidity Update For institutional clients only 20 March Economic Outlook Eric Winograd ( click here for audiocast) Senior Economist—Fixed Income 20 March Equity Market Update Chris Marx ( click here for audiocast) Senior Investment Strategist—Equities 20 March Fixed Income Market Update Erin Bigley ( click here for audiocast) Senior Investment Strategist—Fixed Income 20 March Putting The COVID-19 Selloff in Perspective Scott Krauthamer Global Head-—Product Management & Strategy 20 March How we are positioning the AB Managed Volatility Equities strategy 20 March Our outlook for equity markets 20 March The Fed Could Roll Out De Facto Fiscal Policy Under Section 13(3) 18 March Portfolio Update Managed Volatility Equities Portfolio For institutional clients only 18 March How Can European Policymakers Beat the Coronavirus? 18 March Portfolio Update Concentrated Australian Equities Portfolio Managed Volatility Equities Portfolio For institutional clients only 16 March China’s Coronavirus Experience: Lessons for Global Investors 16 March Where Did All the Toilet Paper Go? 13 March How to Manage Client Conversations in Volatile Markets 13 March Impact of Coronavirus on equities markets 9 March Coronavirus Market Impact Update Note: all performance is in USD 9 March How Will the Coronavirus Impact World Economies? 5 March Fed May Cut Rates Further to Counter Coronavirus Headwinds 4 March US Equity Valuations Rebooted by Coronavirus 4 March Coronavirus Market Impact Update Note: all performance is in USD 2 March February China’s Bond Markets Can Weather Coronavirus 26 February Coronavirus Market Impact Update Note: all performance is in USD 26 February Why is coronavirus hurting markets and what are the implications for Australian equities? 24 February The China-US Tech Rivalry: Beyond Doom and Gloom 25 February Revisiting China’s Equity Markets as Coronavirus Spreads 17 February Global Macro Outlook - February 2020 10 February January Global Macro Perspectives - January 2020 31 January Will the Wuhan Coronavirus Infect China’s Economy? 23 January Our Emerging-Market Debt Outlook: Dipping into 2020 22 January If you have any questions or would like to talk about this information in more detail, please contact your AB representative. 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